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Bill: Firearms Control Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Progressive Liberal Party
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: July 2594
Description[?]:
| An Act to forbid convicted criminals and citizens medically recognized as mentally unstable from owning and using firearms. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Ownership of guns by private individuals.
Old value:: Adult individuals are allowed to own and purchase guns freely.
Current: Adult individuals are allowed to own and purchase guns freely.
Proposed: Individuals are allowed to own firearms as long as they do not have a history of dangerous mental illness or a violent criminality.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:05:59, June 19, 2008 CET | From |  Progressive Liberal Party | To | Debating the Firearms Control Act |
| Message | We put forth this proposal in the hope that it can be passed before the Senate adjourns for the July elections. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 95 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 71 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 9 |
| Random fact: References to prominent real-life persons are not allowed. This includes references to philosophies featuring the name of a real-life person (eg. "Marxism", "Thatcherism", "Keynesianism"). |
| Random quote: "The National Rifle Association says, 'Guns don't kill people; people kill people,' but I think the gun helps." - Eddie Izzard |